It isn’t the first time that the border has divided Arellano’s family. Her grandfather was a guest worker in the bracero program, a system which brought “temporary” Mexican workers into the U.S. to do agricultural labor from 1942 to 1964.
Now, she says, economic conditions in Michoacan and throughout Mexico are driving immigration out of the country. “In my town, the principle base of the economy is farming,” she said. “My father is a farmer, and disgracefully, the free trade agreement has hurt them. They can’t compete with the grains and corn that the United States exports into my country. It’s sad, but they have no resources with which to keep working on the land and produce.”
Adding to the pressures on Arellano’s family is the fact that her father has muscular dystrophy and can’t walk. “I wanted to come to the United States because I wanted to give something better to my parents, in order to help my father,” she said. If she were to accept deportation and return to Mexico with her son Saul, “I would not be able to offer him a dignified future,” she said.
Arellano’s determination to escape rural poverty led her to return to the U.S. without papers after having been deported previously.
2006-09-02 08:52:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Yes I support her and every other "illegal" alien in this country. Our country was a fantastic nation when we practiced freedom for all. Now it's only for the "white and the wealthy". I would gladly march for the human rights of these people who flee to our country to better their lives.
Viva America! (and I'm Irish/American).
2006-09-02 09:28:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 8⤋
That is not s struggle for justice, it is a desperate attempt to break the law and get away with it, pure and simple. She is a criminal and should be prosecuted as such, serve her time and then be deported.
Who in the hell does she think she is? I am SURE that there are no American born citizens living in poverty. It does my heart good to know that all of hurricane Katrina's victims are all in decent housing with plenty of food to eat and their needs have been met. Since that has been taken care of by our Government yes, lets spend thousands of tax dollars on this criminal to make sure that her needs are met and her rights are not violated shall we?
2006-09-02 16:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by GoneByDawn 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Elvira Arellano Is A Criminal Piece Of Garbage
She Has The Right To Be Deported Immediately
2006-09-02 15:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 4⤋
I really don't feel much for her, the amount of attention she is receiving is out of control. Her being called the "Modern Day Rosa Parks" is a little too much for me to handle. I'm from Chicago, and I know there are MILLIONS of people who are worried about being deported...she should leave with some dignity, we all know she will be deported eventually.
2006-09-02 16:23:43 · answer #4 · answered by Carol R 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
She is a criminal and like every criminal she has a sad story to relate, to get unneeded sympathy from the bleeding hearts..I do not feel sympathy for her ,I did not create her conditions,shes a schemer and shes using her family the way she is using her son,to break American laws.Arrest her, deport her and her son back to her homeland,she is a fugitive from justice and milking the system for all she can get.You are repeating her lies and her sob story.She has no reason to be here except to get what she can get from the system by using fraudulent social Security card numbers and lying to those poor deluded people who support her criminal act in that church in Chicago.Deport her and her anchor child.
2006-09-02 16:10:11 · answer #5 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
She is just another Mexican criminal and needs to be deported like the rest of them. Don't make her sound like she's doing something honorable. She isn't.
2006-09-02 23:21:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
How is that a struggle for justice? It sounds like she is struggling to break the law, and should pay the price for it. If she went through the legal process and supported her family that way, then great. But I do not support any illegal in the US for any reason, as the negative repercussions to US society as a whole are too great.
2006-09-02 16:01:19 · answer #7 · answered by bmwdriver11 7 · 8⤊ 3⤋
) Hispanics are 3 times more likely than non-Hispanics to receive welfare
(2) Hispanics account for 3/4 of the increase in poverty in the USA
(3) 45% of Hispanic children are born out of wedlock
(4) Hispanic women are 2.54 times more likely to than white women to have abortions
(5) Hispanic men are 9 times more likely than white men to beat their partners
(6) Hispanics are 3 times more likely than whites to die of AIDS
(7) They are 4 times more likely to die of tuberculosis
(8) Hispanics are 2 times more likely to be incarcerated than non-Hispanics
(9) They are 3.8 times more likely to be in prison for murder
The only reason I posted this again is because certain people who dislike me because of my political views keep using the "abuse" button as a censor button. I am determined not to let them do it. I will say whatever I want. That's part of the freedom of being an American, something they aren't
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
2006-09-02 16:35:48 · answer #8 · answered by princess 29 71 1 · 6⤊ 1⤋
She didn't need to come here she could have gone to another state in Mexico and into the city to find work, I'll bet she didn't even try to find work in Mexico, she need to be deported, they have plenty of jobs in Mexico.
2006-09-02 16:23:32 · answer #9 · answered by hexa 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
They all have a sob story kid. If they can't come legally, they should not come at all. The world is a big place. They can go somewhere else.
2006-09-02 17:06:06 · answer #10 · answered by John16 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Don't care about an illegal alien invaders problems or the family's problems Deport her ASAP. Write your congressperson and demand the anchor baby B.S. be repealed
2006-09-02 15:58:40 · answer #11 · answered by buzzy360comecme 3 · 9⤊ 2⤋